Jon Kalish

Jon Kalish

February 2026

Garry Trudeau Interview
An interview with the creator of Doonesbury.
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42:28
Carecube
The Carecube portable isolation unitpromises to transform patient care. After FDA approval, the Carecube is now in hospitals around the country…
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Modern Unorthodox
In 1997 the public radio series Soundprint commissioned a half-hour radio documentary about my life in Midwood, an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn.
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Stories About Public Media
Links to stories written for the journal Current, which covers public media
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The Mighty Atom
Joseph Greenstein fled antisemitism in Poland and settled in Texas. He re-invented himself as a strongman known as The Mighty Atom.
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11:49
Shelf Life
The 1993 movie Shelf Life was the final feature film by the late Paul Bartel, the indy director best known for Eating Raoul.
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17:11
Food Warehouse
Chowhound Jim Leff goes shopping at Food Warehouse in New Jersey.
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2:50
Bluegrass Singer Jerry Wicentowski
An Orthodox Jew from Milwaukee Sings Bluegrass Tunes
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11:14
A Great Day on Eldridge Street
In 2007 more than 100 klezmer musicians gathered at the Eldridge Street synagogue for a version of the famous jazz photo titled A Great Day in Harlem.
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29:29
Michelanne Forster
Michelanne Forster wrote a play— a non-fiction Holocaust drama— about her grandmother’s battle for child support with a famous Hollywood director.
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23:03
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